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Eric Katz

Eric Katz writes about federal agency operations and management. His deep coverage of Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Postal Service has earned him frequent guest spots on national radio and television news programs. Eric joined Government Executive in the summer of 2012 and previously worked for The Financial Times. He is a graduate of The George Washington University.

May 2, 2017
President Trump on Tuesday suggested he would support a government shutdown this fall, despite his administration saying repeatedly in recent weeks such an outcome was never desirable. Trump, in a pair of tweets, said congressional negotiators only struck a deal on an omnibus spending bill to fund federal agencies through...

May 1, 2017
Congressional negotiators have struck a deal to fund agencies through the end of the fiscal year and are expected to vote on it this week before a shutdown deadline Friday evening. President Trump signed a one-week stopgap continuing resolution last week to buy time to a reach a longer-term spending...

May 1, 2017
Federal employees are not satisfied with their top boss, a new survey found, with just 37 percent expressing approval for President Trump. Nearly six in 10 federal employees said they disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job, according to a new poll from Government Executive Media Group’s research...

April 28, 2017
Both the House and Senate on Friday easily passed a one-week stopgap spending bill, clearing the way to avoid a government shutdown. The Senate approved the measure shortly after the House as the midnight deadline approached. The continuing resolution will now head to President Trump, who is expected to sign...

April 27, 2017
Congress is looking to delay by one week a potential government shutdown, saying it needs more time to iron out the details of a longer-term spending deal. Absent congressional action, agencies would run out of funding and be forced to shutter their operations starting Saturday. Republicans in Congress have proposed...

April 26, 2017
The Homeland Security Department has officially launched a new office to help victims of crimes committed by non-citizen immigrants receive assistance and information on the status of the alleged perpetrators, though it will receive little in the way of new resources. The Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office follows...

April 25, 2017
Career federal employees will play an outsized role in crafting the Trump administration’s effort to reshape government, one of the architects of the plan said, and those who survive the ultimate workforce reduction will come out on the other side with a renewed sense of purpose. The administration is taking...

April 24, 2017
President Trump this week will sign an executive order to create a new office in the Veterans Affairs Department to increase employee accountability and protect whistleblowers, according to a White House official. The order will establish the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection within VA, which has for years taken...

April 24, 2017
President Trump declined to rule out vetoing a spending bill that would prevent a government shutdown if the measure does not include funding for his proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Lawmakers and the White House have through Friday to reach a deal to keep federal agencies open, but so...

April 21, 2017
The Trump administration has begun preparing for a government shutdown that could begin next week, even as congressional negotiators work to finalize a preliminary agreement to keep agencies open. The formal process in which the Office of Management and Budget instructs agencies to “review and update orderly shutdown plans” is...